Gneiss Point Explained
Gneiss Point (-77.4°N 208°W) is a rocky point 2nmi north of Marble Point, on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 under Robert Falcon Scott and so named because of gneissic granite found here.
Further reading
- P.J. FORSYTH, N. MORTIMER & I.M. TURNBULL, Plutonic Rocks from the Cape Roberts Hinterland: Wilson Piedmont Glacier, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica , Terra Antartica 2002, 9(2), 57-72
- Davis, J., & Nichols, R. (1968), The Quantity of Melt Water in the Marble Point–Gneiss Point Area McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Journal of Glaciology, 7(50), 313-320. doi:10.3189/S0022143000031075
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